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M 2.1ml

22km NE of Arvin, CA

· 7.3 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 7 kmTulare County 98 kmVentura County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
7.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kern County, 7 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2985 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 35.3515, -118.6548. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 7 km (4 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kern County
Tulare County, CA 98 km (61 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Ventura County, CA 119 km (74 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Kings County, CA 132 km (82 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kings County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

41 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.0 19km SW of Bodfish, CA
  2. 1.5 22km SSW of Bodfish, CA
  3. 2.1 19km SW of Bodfish, CA
  4. 1.9 26km SSW of Bodfish, CA
  5. 1.6 27km NE of Arvin, CA
  6. 1.7 20km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  7. 2.0 11km SW of Bodfish, CA
  8. 1.6 12km SW of Bodfish, CA
  9. 2.6 11km SW of Bodfish, CA
  10. 1.5 22km ESE of Bodfish, CA
  11. 2.6 15km NW of Grapevine, CA
  12. 1.6 3km N of Grapevine, CA
  13. 1.6 23km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  14. 2.0 23km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  15. 2.3 6km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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